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Friday, July 3, 2009

Did you know that the Titan arum is probably the world's smelliest flower, it smells like dead animal carcass.

Did you know that:

Ohio is listed as the 17th state in the U.S., but technically it is Number 47. Until August 7, 1953, Congress forgot to vote on a resolution to admit Ohio to the Union.







In 1943, Navy officer Grace Hopper had to fix a computer glitch caused by a moth, hence the term 'computer bug'.








If you take any number, double it, add 10, divide by 2, and subtract your original number, the answer will always be 5.

Titan arum is probably the world's smelliest flower. Originating in the tropical rain forests of Sumatra, this huge, extremely rare flower is a giant lily. It seldom blooms, but when it does the smell is described as something like the dead carcass of an animal























Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" was the first Hollywood film that showed a toilet flushing.









In 1935, the police in Atlantic City, New Jersey, arrested 42 men on the beach. They were cracking down on topless bathing suits worn by men.

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